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Nextel Cup Series | Busch Series | Craftsman Truck Series
Dodge Charger 500
Darlington Raceway | May 07, 2005 | 367 laps | 502 miles | 7 p.m. | FOX
Race 10 of 36
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Biffle blasts through at Darlington
Biffle blasts through at Darlington

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Greg Biffle's chances of winning a race he dominated appeared gone after his Roush Racing team made some late-race changes.

But a timely spin by Mark Martin and four fresh tires were all Biffle needed to win Saturday night's Nextel Cup race at Darlington Raceway in overtime.

"The second-to-last run there we tried some tire pressure things and got my car way too loose," Biffle said. "I thought, 'Why in the world would we wait until the last run to try something?' It went the wrong way, but we recovered from that."

Biffle, who led 176 of 370 Laps on the treacherous 1.366-mile, egg-shaped Darlington oval, fell behind on a late pit stop, but got another chance when Martin spun, bringing out the 12th caution flag just five Laps from the scheduled finish. More

Car Driver Speed
9 Kasey Kahne170.024
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Dodge Charger 500
Fin.No.Driver
116Greg Biffle
224Jeff Gordon
39Kasey Kahne
46Mark Martin
512Ryan Newman
642Jamie McMurray
748Jimmie Johnson
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.
999Carl Edwards
1020Tony Stewart
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After: Dodge Charger 500
RankDriverBehind
1. --Jimmie JohnsonLeader
2. +1Jeff Gordon-127
3. +1Greg Biffle-148
4. -2Kurt Busch-229
5. --Elliott Sadler-252
6. +5Mark Martin-293
7. -1Tony Stewart-297
8. +2Jamie McMurray-302
9. --Dale Earnhardt Jr.-307
10. +5Ryan Newman-314
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Archived Headlines
•  Biffle goes overtime for Darlington victory
•  Late-race gamble nearly pays off for Edwards
•  Busch's Darlington debut done in by tire troubles
•  Busch wrecks early, is reprimanded after race
•  Waltrip, Green feud all night at Darlington
•  Short on cash, Long on speed at Darlington
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